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rider’s cap to the horse’s hoofs six feet five inches: the minor tablets 
are four feet ten inches in length; the grand tablet eleven feet eleven 
inches. 
Having examined these, we next crossed the river to the sculptures on 
the opposite rock. The first As a long tablet, containing a multitude 
of figures. The principal person, (who is certainly the King repre¬ 
sented in the former tablet) is placed in the very centre of the piece, 
alone in a small compartment, and is seated with a sword placed be¬ 
twixt his legs, on the pummel of which rests his left hand. It is a most 
ridiculous object, with a head swelled by a singular wig to an immense 
circumference. On his right, on the uppermost of two long slips, 
are many men who seem to be a mixture of Persians and Romans*; 
the'former are conducting the latter as prisoners. Under these in the 
lower slip are others, who by their wigs appear to be Persians: their 
leader bears a human head in both hands, and extends it towards the 
central figure. On the left are four small compartments; the first 
(nearest that figure, and the highest from the ground) incloses a crowd 
of men whose arms are placed over one another’s shoulders. Below 
these are five figures, one of whom leads a horse without any more fur¬ 
niture than a bridle. The two other compartments are filled up 
with eight figures each. We considered this to represent, in general, a 
king seated in his room of audience surrounded by his own peo¬ 
ple, and by nations tributary to him. The length is eleven yards 
four inches. 
On the left of this were two colossal figures on horseback, carved in 
an alto relievo. The one to the right had all the dress, character and 
features of the King above described; the other, on the left, appeared 
also a royal personage, but differing in dress, and in the furniture of his 
horse. Both had their hands extended, and held a ring, which we 
conceived to be emblematical of peace. The Envoy, who had seen 
both these remains and Nakshi Rustam, prepared me to expect a 
similar sculpture at the latter: and as I had not leisure to detail all the 
